scholarly journals Rhapsodic Inquiry and the Methodological Imaginal

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Levy
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Doctoral Dissertation ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Technical School ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Institutional Expectations ◽  
Pedagogic Tool ◽  
Senior Secondary

This paper reflects on, and examines some issues sidelined during the writing of a doctoral dissertation that was completed at the end of 2011. The study investigated the potential of the mobile phone as a pedagogic tool in a senior secondary technical school. While the methods employed for data collection and analysis were conventional and uncontentious, a certain boldness and imaginative engagement with the empirical findings was deemed necessary in order generate a thesis that was both sufficiently substantial and original. However, an underlying tension operated wherein fundamentally philosophical impulses of the researcher had to be balanced against simultaneously present institutional expectations and practical imperatives. In particular, some key remarks of Heidegger concerning technology and thinking, vied for attention and prominence within the research project agenda. An articulation and elaboration of this underlying tension between the philosophical and the practical only became possible after the work was completed. The return and manifestation of these marginalised and latent issues are here given closer attention.

An Introduction to Educational Research

2012 ◽  
pp. 319-340
Author(s):  
Tim Dedeaux
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Human Subject ◽  
Human Subject Research ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis

Within the field of educational research, there are several methods, approaches, and concerns a potential researcher must be made aware of. This chapter serves as an introduction to the process of educational research, and as such, is intended for novice researchers seeking to gain an overview of the process of envisioning, designing, and carrying out a successful research project. Further, this chapter addresses the kinds of research that are possible within the academic field, some of the ethical and practical considerations involved in human subject research, and best methodological practices. Four major methods of research are discussed: qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, and action research. Each method is provided with information on the subtypes of research within each area, appropriate methods of data collection and analysis, and acceptable formats for reporting results for each methodological type.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 3-37
Author(s):  
James N. Stanford
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
New England ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis

This chapter introduces the goals, methods, and major findings of this New England English research project. The chapter includes a sample illustration of fieldwork results for some of the vowels being studied, as well as a specific list of the objectives of the project as a whole. The chapter also discusses the data collection and analysis methods of the project in detail. The overall outline of the book is also presented.

Behavioural Data Collection Using Mobile Phones

2014 ◽  
pp. 17-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuo Asakura ◽  
Eiji Hato ◽  
Takuya Maruyama
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Travel Survey ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
Survey System ◽  
Survey Instruments

This chapter reviews the development of mobile phone-based travel survey instruments and systems over the last 15 years and discusses the issues and challenges that they will likely face in the future. The essential ideas were proposed in earlier mobile phone surveys in the 1990s but have since become more sophisticated. Probe Person (PP) survey systems were developed in the 2000s using GPS-assisted mobile phones connected to Internet Web diaries, and were implemented in several cities in Japan. This chapter presents the characteristics of PP systems and survey examples. Smartphone-based travel survey systems have recently been developed and implemented all over the world. This chapter includes a case study of a smartphone-based PP survey system in Kumamoto, Japan. Advantages and remaining issues are discussed with the goal of improving information use and enhancing communication technologies in the field of travel data collection and analysis.

Influence of Urbanization on Teaching and Learning of Agriculture for Enhance Skill Acqusition in Ebonyi State.

2019 ◽  
pp. 263-269
Author(s):  
Nwakwengu S.A. ◽  
Aneke C.U.
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Agricultural Science ◽  
Urban Migration ◽  
Urban Settlement ◽  
Public Secondary School ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Senior Secondary

The main purpose of this study was to determine the influence of urbanization in teaching and learning of agriculture in Ebonyi State. The study was guided by two research questions and two null hypotheses. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population was 397 which comprised 261 teachers of agricultural science in Ebonyi State and 136 senior secondary three students from 5 public secondary school in Abakiliki, Ebonyi State. No sampling was done due to the manageable size of the population. The instrument used for data collection was a 17 item questionnaire which was validated by three experts. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha which yielded reliability index of 0.85 indicating that the instrument was suitable for data collection. The questionnaire was distributed by the researcher and three trained research assistants. Out of 397 copies distributed 383 were properly filled and returned representing 96.47 percent return rate. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions and t-test statistics was used to test the null hypotheses. Based on the data analysis, it was found that urbanization affects the quality of teachers in rural schools due to rural urban migration, increases the rate of agricultural teacher‟s turnover in teaching and reduces government attention to agricultural science teaching facilities in urban areas. Recommendations were made among, others that Government should be make teaching of skill acquisition in urban settlement to be attractive to the students and teachers should make instruction facilities to meet the needed skills and contemporary issues in urban settlement to the students.

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